Re:SafeDollar ‘stablecoin’ drops to $0 following DeFi exploi...
by zionic on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:21PM
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By this logic most e-commerce is a mistake as well, since a serious flaw in the linux kernel could take down most web servers.
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Re:SafeDollar ‘stablecoin’ drops to $0 following DeFi exploi...
by arcticbull on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:25PM
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Nah, that's governed by contracts, law and enforced by the police. That money tends to be traceable and recoverable.
Re:SafeDollar ‘stablecoin’ drops to $0 following DeFi exploi...
by Retric on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:27PM
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Credit card transactions are reversible, that means such flaws can be considered a cost of doing business rather than permanently destroying anything.
Re:SafeDollar ‘stablecoin’ drops to $0 following DeFi exploi...
by threeseed on Monday June 28, 2021 @07:09PM
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With ecommerce the worst you can do as a seller is take out as much money as the credit limit on the card. Which for most people is in the low thousands.
With smart contracts the liability upside is orders of magnitude higher.